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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alton Forward

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844156823
IL · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Doody, Executive Director / CEO ($125,685) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 179 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Doody — reported title “Executive Dir. (Thru Nov 2024)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

179 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 179 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,144 $125,685
$13,42710th
$31,55925th
$53,473Median
$78,80075th
$98,98690th
$125,685This org · 96th
p10$13,427
p25$31,559
p50$53,473
p75$78,800
p90$98,986
$125,685

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to IL cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Afrikana Corporation NY$173,239 Executive Dir. $12,000 $11,030 2024
Main Street Corydon Ind Inc IN$171,895 Executive Director $56,846 $60,977 2024
Sharon Community Development Corp PA$171,378 Executive Director $92,533 $93,862 2024
Jasper County Neighbors United Inc SC$174,569 Executive Director $130,000 $134,395 2025
Nuiqsut Community Development Fdn AK$175,000 Executive Di $148,500 $148,677 2023
Dyersville Events Inc IA$175,347 President $22,375 $25,656 2023
Chesterfield County Coordinating Council SC$175,571 Director Of Operations $24,827 $26,345 2024
Bbb Business And Consumer Foundation ID$176,204 Ceo $89,280 $96,606 2024
Northern Lights Building Company MN$176,435 Treasurer, Secretary $2,540 $2,553 2024
Lifeworks Ministries Inc IN$177,361 Executive Di $54,000 $59,635 2023
Light Economic And Development Inc TX$177,820 Secretary/tr $6,670 $6,987 2023
Vamos Concertacion Ciudadana Inc PR$167,716 Support Services $36,750 $37,835 2023
Fields Corner Main Street Inc MA$167,385 Executive Director $101,777 $90,632 2025
Into The Field OH$166,593 President Executive Director $3,500 $3,771 2024
Barre 2000 And Beyond Inc VT$180,928 Executive Director $65,383 $66,940 2024
Sdhc Building Opportunities Inc CA$181,216 Interim Board Chair $73,722 $66,665 2023
Cambio Pr Inc PR$181,250 Director $69,625 $71,682 2023
Downtown Natchez Alliance MS$164,494 Executive Director $39,587 $44,847 2024
Willow Apts Group Home Inc KY$164,382 Director $56,355 $63,405 2023
Cambridge Main Street Inc MD$164,326 Executive Di $65,371 $64,002 2023
New Entrepreneurs Opportunity Fund OH$182,506 Executive Director $42,000 $46,585 2023
Abayomi Community Development MI$162,260 Director $60,000 $62,994 2024
Missional Chaplains Incorporated MI$183,503 Executive Di $69,996 $73,488 2024
Brewery District Community Urban Redeveloment Corporation OH$162,110 Trail Director $61,543 $68,261 2023
The Greater Beloit Economic Development WI$161,789 President/ceo $40,293 $42,803 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to IL cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Jennifer Doody) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 179 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $125,685 is reasonable (approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.